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Settled, side by side

Agreeable Gray

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7029

Extra White

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7006

60.386
LRV
86
Extra White is 25.6 points lighter
#D1CBC1
Hex
#EEEFEA
209 · 203 · 193
RGB
238 · 239 · 234
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Agreeable Gray is warm; Extra White is cool.
Warm greige — beige-gray that can flash a faint violet in cool light
Undertone
A bright, clean white with a faint blue-grey lean
Beige
Family
White
Collection
White & Pastel

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Extra White is the lighter of the two at LRV 86, 25.6 points above Agreeable Gray at LRV 60.386. Agreeable Gray leans warm where Extra White reads cool. Agreeable Gray is a beige, Extra White a white. For a whole room, Extra White is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Agreeable Gray is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is the color that turned 'greige' into a household word. With an LRV of about 60 it sits right in the comfortable middle — light enough to keep a room open, deep enough to read as a true color rather than an off-white.

Extra White is a bright, slightly cool white — the closest Sherwin-Williams gets to a gallery wall. At LRV 86 it is crisp and reflective, with a faint blue-grey lean that keeps it clean rather than creamy. It is the white for architecture: plaster reliefs, coffered ceilings, a bank of steel windows.

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